Recycling Medea: Not an Opera Ballet Film
2013 | 75 min | Music, Dance, Theater
The Greek composer and national hero Mikis Theodorakis settles accounts on stage with a society that robs its children of their future.
Asteris Kutulas
DirectorAsteris Kutulas is a Greek actor known for his work in theater, film, and television. He has starred in various Greek and international productions, including the films "A Touch of Spice" and "The Beekeeper." Kutulas has received critical acclaim for his performances and has been nominated for several awards throughout his career.
Films
Dance Fight Love Die: With Mikis On the Road
2017 | 87 min | Independent
Composer Mikis Theodorakis is the enfant terrible of contemporary European music history - an exceptional artist in a dramatic century.
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Dance Fight Love Die: With Mikis On the Road
2017 | 87 min | Independent
A man in an uninterrupted creative frenzy: composer Mikis Theodorakis is the enfant terrible of contemporary European music history. Here, Asteris Koutoulas ignores biopic conventions to weave archive material with grotesque fiction and the various interpretations of Theodorakis' music. Asteris Koutoulas has accompanied the composer, politician and folk hero Mikis Theodorakis since 1987 on his many journeys. Their personal friendship offers a deep insight into the turbulent life of a person that ...
Moments of Resistance
2019 | 99 min | Documentary
Politically engaged women of today respond to the voices of historical resistance to National Socialism and make connections to current events. This film weaves together current and historical portraits of women to create a multi-voiced collage of resistance spanning several decades. "In my family there were active Nazis and those who remained silent, as well as a resistance fighter and a concentration camp survivor. When I started this film in 2014, I wanted to make something about resistance ...
No News
2021 | 81 min | Documentary
For months, the crew of the Mission Lifeline sea rescue ship is stuck in the port of Malta. The ship's captain is on trial for rescuing hundreds of refugees. This feature debut portrays the crew during their wait for a redemptive and anchor-releasing verdict. Ten months during which life, and death, continues in the Mediterranean. Sober shots of everyday life on the ship alternate with distress calls from the ship's radio, about boats in distress or of the isolated rescue of survivors. "This documentary ...
Interruption
2015 | 111 min | Drama
INTERRUPTION is the postmodern theatre adaptation of the classical Greek tragedy Orestie by Aeschylus about power, revenge and the concept of law and justice. The film was inspired by real events. In 2002, Chechen separatists took 850 people hostage at the Dubrovka Theatre in Moscow. The audience initially thought the hostage-taking was part of the play. "Interruption is one of the most intelligent films I've seen lately and Yorgos Zois is without doubt one of the most original voices in European ...
In Heaven's Meadow
2018 | 30 min | Drama
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Faltenrock
2019 | 82 min | Documentary
What does aging mean in a society where people are living longer and longer? Using a friend’s camera, two young filmmakers follow frequent guests of Hamburg’s FALTENROCK party scene, where entry is restricted to those 60 and older. Christian, Mechthild, Christiane, and Volker fly to China, volunteer to help refugees, search for love, and then disappear onto Facebook for three hours. Coming to terms with one’s own age is always also a confrontation with society’s images of it. The documentary FALTENROCK ...
Sacred Games
2022 | 72 min | Documentary
Johann Sebastian Bach is not only one of the greatest composers of all time, but perhaps also the most mysterious. Who was this inconspicuous man from Thuringia, whose music still deeply touches people from all over the world? The film follows the traces of this exceptional artist at original locations and tries to describe a life that succeeded in an admirable way to transform crises and painful losses into beauty and new creativity again and again: Music as the Art of Transformation and Healing. "Overall, ...
Soulscapes: Spiritual Places in Germany
2025 | 111 min | Documentary
Places with a deep spiritual past can be found all over Germany – from Neolithic cult sites to Celtic and Germanic shrines to the sources of inspiration for great thinkers and artists. These landscapes tell stories of mystics, romantics and wisdom teachers who have left their mark here. Whether in the Harz Mountains, in the Odenwald, on the banks of the Rhine or on the island of Rügen – these places invite you to connect with the spiritual history of the country. Director Rüdiger Sünner explores ...
Soulscapes: Spiritual Places in England and Wales
2022 | 53 min | Documentary
The British Isles hold an almost inexhaustible wealth of "sacred places of worship." Dolmens, stone circles, sacred springs, hermitages, caves, ancient cemeteries and church ruins bear witness to thousands of years of European spirituality, ranging from the Megalithic period and the Celts to the legends of King Arthur and the "Holy Grail" as well as evidence of early medieval Celtic Christianity. In a personal journey, filmmaker Rüdiger Sünner goes to selected locations in Cornwall, Wales and England ...
Nakam
2022 | 33 min | Drama
In Nazi-occupied Ukraine, twelve-year-old orphan and violinist Mitka has joined a group of partisans who use the boy's inconspicuous appearance to plan an explosive attack unnoticed. When a group of high-ranking SS officers arrives in their vicinity, they are chosen as the targets of the attack, but this inevitably puts Mitka's only friend in mortal danger. NAKAM tells the story of a child torn between revenge, loyalty, and moral overload. As Mitka finds himself in the role of the silent assassin, ...